Yantang Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Yantang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Yantang (18,605) may also be a first name.
Yantang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yantang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Yantang is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yantang? popularity and diffusion
Yantang is the 2,555,468th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Yantang live; 44 percent live in Central Africa and 44 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 39,902nd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 18,605 people.
It is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 830,763. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 96 percent reside and South Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 23 percent reside and Taiwan, where 18 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yantang
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